Michel Crauste

Michel Crauste

Date of birth	6 July 1934 (1934-07-06) (age 77)
Place of birth	Saint-Laurent-de-Gosse, France
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight	85 kg (190 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Flanker, Number eight
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
1954-1959 1959-1968	Racing FC Lourdes
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1957-1966	France	63	(30)

Michel Crauste (born July 6, 1934 in Saint-Laurent-de-Gosse, France is a retired French international rugby union player.He played as a flanker and Number 8 for Racing Club de France and FC Lourdes.

Crauste earned his first cap with the French national team on 19 May 1957 against Romania at Bucharest. Crauste also captained the second French side to beat the Springboks in South-Africa and was elected France's Player of the Year in 1961. He was also the first French international player to inscrived 3 try in one test.

Honours

• Selected to represent France, 1957–1966
• French rugby champion 1959 with Racing Club de France, 1960 and 1968 with FC Lourdes
• Five Nations Championship 1959 to 1963
• Challenge Yves du Manoir 1966 and 1967

External links

• Michel Crauste International Statistics

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Name	Crauste, Michel
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Date of birth	6 July 1934
Place of birth	Saint-Laurent-de-Gosse, France
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